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Whitecaps FC advance to Championship final – CSA
Vancouver Whitecaps FC have advanced to the final of the 2016 Amway Canadian Championship. The Vancouver club won their semi finals 3-2, eliminating Ottawa Fury FC after reversing an away 0:2 defeat on 1 June with a home 3:0 victory on 8 June.

Vancouver Whitecaps Top Ottawa Fury 3-0 in Second Leg; Advance to Amway Finals – Eighty-Six Forever
After a lacklustre, 2-0 loss against the Ottawa Fury last Wednesday, the Vancouver Whitecaps came into the second leg of the Amway Canadian Championship Semi-finals needing a win by at least three goals to move on. Thanks to goals from Octavio Rivero, Pedro Morales and Nicolas Mezquida, that’s exactly what happened.

Whitecaps 3 Fury 0: Caps earn the right to defend their ACC title – Vancouver Sun
Someone asked Ottawa Fury coach, the quotable Paul Dalglish, if he’d noticed the difference in the Whitecaps’ quality between the first and second leg of the Amway Canadian Championship.Someone asked Ottawa Fury coach, the quotable Paul Dalglish, if he’d noticed the difference in the Whitecaps’ quality between the first and second leg of the Amway Canadian Championship.

RECAP: WHITECAPS FC VS FURY FC –Ottawa Fury
Ottawa Fury FC proved that they could runs with the best of them over the two-leg Semi-Final series with the Vancouver Whitecaps, but despite 15 shots, Fury FC could not find a goal and the Vancouver Whitecaps claimed a 3-0 win to return to the Canadian Championship Final for the fourth time in five years with a 3-2 aggregate win.

Octavio Rivero has “never been away,” finding his goalscoring form again – MLS
Surprise results and acts of giant-killing are all part of the romance of Cup soccer all around the world. Unless you’re the team on the wrong side of it of course, and that was the worry for the Vancouver Whitecaps as they headed into the second leg of their Amway Canadian Championship semifinal against NASL side Ottawa Fury at BC Place on Wednesday night.

Whitecaps storm back, but Tornaghi’s save on MDJ was the turning point – the11.ca
But, the biggest moment of that second leg at BC Place, the moment which sent the Whitecaps on a path towards the Voyageurs Cup final against Toronto FC, came with about seven minutes left in the first half. Ottawa’s Marcel de Jong got behind the Vancouver defenders and got a clear sight of goal. ‘Caps keeper Paolo Tornaghi scrambled off his line and stopped de Jong’s attempt, point blank.

Who is Alphonso Davies? – Whitecaps FC
“If you’re good enough, you’re old enough.” That’s an old adage Vancouver Whitecaps FC head coach Carl Robinson isn’t just keen to quote, but to follow through on.

Toronto FC advance to Championship final – CSA
Toronto FC have advanced to the final of the 2016 Amway Canadian Championship. The Toronto club won their semi finals series 4-2, eliminating Impact Montréal FC after a home 4:2 win on 1 June and away 0:0 draw on 8 June.

TFC advances to Canadian final with draw – Toronto Star
Despite a scoreless draw against 10-man Montreal in the second leg of the semifinal on Wednesday night, TFC advanced to the tournament final on aggregate after beating the Impact 4-2 in the first leg last week at BMO Field.

TFC advances to Amway Canadian Championship final – Sportsnet
The maturation of Toronto FC continues. The Reds put in a professional and gritty performance on Wednesday night, earning a 0-0 draw with the Montreal Impact before 18,964 fans at Stade Saputo in the second leg of the Amway Canadian Championship semifinals.

Impact eliminated from Canadian Championship after 0-0 draw – Montreal Gazette
Early in the first half of Wednesday night’s Amway Canadian Championship semifinal game between the Impact and Toronto FC at Saputo Stadium, members of the Montreal Ultras fan club held up a sign that read: “Impossible is just a big word — Ali”.

BC Soccer Assoc. Delivery of Coach Mandate – BCSAIMPORTANT: If you are coaching in the ages U6-U12 you are required to complete the age appropriate course(s) even if you have a higher level of certification (ie. Soccer for Life, B pretest, C License, B License or A License). In order to enable our membership to deliver on the coaching mandate, BC Soccer Assoc. will be scheduling Learning Facilitator training sessions to assist organizations to have qualified individuals to deliver in-club coach certification courses to their coaches.

2016 BC Soccer Provincial Cup Photo Galleries – BC Soccer Web
Westhills Stadium & Goudy Park in Langford hosted the 2016 BC Soccer Adult Provincial Cup Finals. It was a thrilling weekend of soccer on Vancouver Island that saw seven champions crowned. Richmond FC & Surrey Pegasus qualified for the National Championships this Fall in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Both Coquitlam Metro-Ford Masters & Classics sides qualified for the Western Canadian Masters Championships in Winnipeg, Manitoba. In all, it was a clean sweep for teams from the VMSL & MWSL. Monique Lamoureux & Bill Currie from BC Soccer Web were on location that weekend, capturing the all the action.

Free Physiotherapy Clinical Trial for Achilles Pain at UBC – UBC Centre for Hip Health & MobilityDo you have Achilles pain? Interested in free Physiotherapy? If yes, join our clinical trial to look at the effectiveness of intramuscular stimulation (IMS), a form of acupuncture therapy, in treating Achilles tendon pain.

Victoria Highlanders 2016 Season Tickets Now Available – Select Your Seats
The Victoria Highlanders are ready to return to the PDL for 2016. BC Soccer Web encourages all soccer fans on Vancouver Island to get behind their team. Season tickets are now on sale and extremely affordable. Support Local Soccer!

The BC Soccer Web Guide to Empire Field – BC Soccer Web
Empire Fields and Plateau Sports Park is the lofty and formal name given to Vancouver’s newest addition to the soccer scene. Yet, anyone who’s ever kicked or carried both kinds of footballs around these parts knows the place by heart.

Send your Soccer News to BC Soccer Web! – BC Soccer Web
BC Soccer Web is the hub for soccer in British Columbia. We want to share your soccer news with the entire province, and you can help by letting us know! We want your match reports, club news, league standings, and info on upcoming tournaments and clinics. Whether you submit links to existing news on the web, or your own original writing, we want to share it with the soccer community in B.C.

CANADA SOCCER NEWS

FURY FC ELITE GIRLS COMMIT TO TOP CANADIAN SCHOOLS – Ottawa Fury
Four more members of the Ottawa Fury FC Elite Girls program have committed to stay in Canada for their post-secondary education. Catherine Guevin-Nicoloff, Teagan Strachan, Samantha Mann and Camille Pennell have all signed letters of intent to play CIS and OCAA this fall.

Coach Dino Perri to assemble Canadian men’s team for Maccabiah Games – the11.ca
Perri will coach the Canadian open men’s soccer team at the 2017 Maccabiah Games in Israel. The Maccabiah Games bring together elite Jewish athletes from around the world for competition and cultural exchange. But while the athletes have to be Jewish, the support staff and coaches do not — and Perri is happy to be able to steer the team towards the 2017 competition.

WFC2, USL & NASL NEWS

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Eddies put in extra time working to improve their attack – the11.ca
If FC Edmonton beats the red-hot Fort Lauderdale Strikers on Sunday, the Eddies will finish one point back of the team that wins the spring-season title (which team that will be is still up for debate, though it will take massive goal differential swing to topple the New York Cosmos from the top).

NASL: Indy Eleven signs Mexican star Torrado – Soccer America
Gerardo Torrado, who played for Mexico at the 2002, 2006 and 2010 World Cups, has signed with the NASL’s Indy Eleven. The 37-year-old midfielder arrives from Cruz Azul, for which he’s played since 2005.

Women’s Champions League entries confirmed – UEFA
A record 59 clubs from 47 countries have entered in 2016/17, including the first ever team from Kosovo to play in UEFA competition, among 36 sides in the 24 June qualifying round draw.

Uruguay looking to bounce back v.s. Venezuela – Prost Amerika
Group favorites Uruguay are hoping to keep their Copa dreams alive in Philadelphia against Venezuela. After a 3-1 loss to Mexico Uruguay is in a must win situation to move on. La Celeste were hopeful that Barcelona striker Luis Suarez will be available for the match, unfortunately he will not be healthy in time. The front line of PSG striker Edinson Cavani and Suarez would be enough to make even the staunchest of defenders worry. Even without Suarez Uruguay will be considered the favorites in this game.

WORLD SOCCER NEWS

Euro 2016 hots up as fans flood to a France on high alert but ready for football – Inside World Football
The show will go on as planned with every possible precaution taken to keep spectators safe and offset the threat of terrorism. That is the message from organisers of Euro 2016 who are taking a realistic, pragmatic approach to the build-up to Euro 2016 which kicks off Friday with the host nation taking on Romania amidst the biggest security operation ever mounted for a sporting event of this magnitude.

Nigeria: Keshi, a Trailblazer, Whose ‘Misfortune’ Changed Nigerian Football – All Africa
Perhaps more than any other footballer, dead or living, Stephen Keshi was the architect of the new Nigerian football, which at one time was rated the fifth best country in the global game. Between 1992 and 1998 Nigeria dominated African football such that the Super Eagles produced five African footballers of the year within this period.

Soccer-playing robot predicts Euro 2016 winner – Sportsnet
With the 2016 European Cup kicking off this Friday with an opening match between France and Romania, soccer fans are starting to make their picks on who they think will win it all. Included on that list is DARwIn, a charming soccer-playing robot and apparent three-time Robocup champion created by UCLA’s Robotics and Mechanisms Lab.